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Steve Almond
Steve Almond (born 1966)

journalist, literary critic

  • Wesleyan University

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(Not That You Asked)
Rock and roll will save your life
Rock and roll will save your life
Mad Ducks and Bears
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
My life in heavy metal
The Evil B.B. Chow and other stories
Candyfreak
Which brings me to you
God bless America
Candy Freak
Against football
The Best American Erotica 2005
Astoria to Zion
Best of the web 2008
Do Me
It's alive!
Notes from the underground
Bad stories
All the Secrets of the World
Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow
Körper in Extremsituationen
Pangyrus Five
Untitled Novel
John Williams' Stoner
My Life in Heavy Metal Proof
Untitled - Cancelled
Masterplans
Which Brings Me to You
John Williams' Stoner : William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life : Bookmarked
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh (born 1956)

journalist, literary critic

  • The Doon School, St. Stephen's College

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In an antique land
Incendiary Circumstances
The Calcutta chromosome
Sea of Poppies
The Hungry Tide
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997
River of smoke
Gun Island
The Imam and the Indian
The Shadow Lines
The Glass Palace
Dancing in Cambodia, at large in Burma
The Great Derangement
Flood of fire
Les feux du Bengale
Countdown
The Nutmeg's Curse
Home and the World
The Circle of Reason
Glass Palace
The relations of envy in an Egyptian village
Le Palais des miroirs
Le Grand Dérangement
Ateş Tufanı
Uncanny and Improbable Events
Untitled Amitav Ghosh
Jungle-Nama
De vloek van de nootmuskaat
Le Grand Dérangement
Sheesh Mahal [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] Ghosh; Amitav
Countdown [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Amitav Ghosh
La Marea Hambrienta (Emecé)
Dumanlı Nehir
En una tierra milenaria
Hashas Denizi
Mare di Papaveri
Les Feux du Bengale
Der Glaspalast
El Cromosoma Calcuta
The Slave of Ms. H. 6
Un océan de pavots
Bengalisches Feuer. Ooder Die Macht der Vernunft
Liefdeslijnen
Das Calcutta Chromosom
O Pai Invisivel
Diana Pavlac Glyer
Diana Pavlac Glyer (born 1956)

literary critic, journalist

  • Bowling Green State University, University of Illinois at Chicago

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The Company They Keep
The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
The liberal arts in higher education
Bandersnatch
Journey Back Again
Clay in the Potter's Hands
Clay in the Potter's Hands WORKBOOK
Compass for Deep Heaven
Clay in the Potter's Hands LEADER's GUIDE
Pierre Assouline
Pierre Assouline (born 1953)

journalist, literary critic, biographer

  • Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Lycée Janson-de-Sailly

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Simenon
Discovering Impressionism
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gaston Gallimard
Herge
Monsieur Dassault
Homme de l'art
L' homme de l'art
Hergé
Rosebud
Grâce lui soit rendue
Autodictionnaire Simenon
Le dernier des Camondo
Albert Londres
A la recherche de Winston Churchill
Trois hommes d'influence
Une éminence grise
Le fleuve Combelle
Hergé
Retour à Séfarad
Katiye Buliesong
Dictionnaire amoureux des écrivains et de la littérature
Henri Cartier-Bresson
La cliente
Germinal
L' épuration des intellectuels, 1944-1945
Les invités
Sigmaringen
Double vie
Les nouveaux convertis
Lutetia
La nouvelle Rive Gauche
Le monde de Simenon - tome 23 Quelle responsabilité ?
Le monde de Simenon - tome 30 Histoires d'héritages
Georges Simenon
L'Epuration des intellectuels, volume A
L'e ́puration des intellectuels, 1944-1945
Etat limite
Du côté de chez Drouant
Double vie
The Light of Paris
Die Kundin
Une\Eminence Grise Jean Jardin
Médiacultures et médiacritiques
L' épuration des intellectuels
Elles
Golem
Le monde de Simenon - tome 22 Des témoins génants
Brèves de blog
De nos envoyés spéciaux
Lectures de Romain Gary
Marcel Proust
Le monde de Simenon - tome 25 Le spectre de la folie
Le monde de Simenon - tome 26 En marge de la société
Le portrait
Dans les archives secrètes de la police
Une question d'orgueil
Lourdes
Le monde de Simenon - tome 10 Adultères
Le paquebot
Une Question D'orgueil (French Edition)
Vies De Job (French Edition)
Golem
les invités
Regreso a Sefarad
Autodictionnaire Proust
Hotel Lutetia
LA CLIENTA
Vies de Job
Etat limite
Tu seras un homme, mon fils
Het Portret
Les 1001 tableaux qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie
Henri Cartier-Bresson. Storia di uno sguardo
José Guilherme Merquior
José Guilherme Merquior (1941-1991)

journalist, diplomat, philosopher, sociologist, literary critic

  • London School of Economics and Political Science

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Foucault
Western Marxism
Verso universo em Drummond
De Anchieta a Euclides
Razão do poema
O elixir do apocalipse
O fantasma roma ntico e outros ensaios
A astúcia da mímese
As ide ias e as formas
Govardhanram Tripathi
Govardhanram Tripathi (1855-1907)

poet, literary historian, biographer, lawyer, literary critic

  • Elphinstone College

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Govardhanrám Madhavrám Tripáthi's scrap book
Līlāvatī jīvanakalā
Sarasvaticandra
Sarasvatīcandra
Kavi Dayārāmano aksharadeha, athavā, Gūrjarabhāshānā prācīna mahākaviomānnā chellā Mahākavinā hr̥dayanā udgāronā marmabhāganuṃ śodhana
Snehamudrā, athavā, hr̥dayamāṃ mudrāṅkita thatā snehanī chāyā
The classical poets of Gujarat and their influence on society and morals
Sarasvaṭīcandra
Kshemarāja ane Sādhvī
Śrīmatī Satī-Cunī
Sarasvatichandra
Sva. sākshara Navalarāma Lakshmirāmanuṃ jīvanar̥ttānta
Govardhanarāma gadyasañcaya
Sāksharajīvana
Sarasvatīcandra
Charles Osborne
Charles Osborne (1927-2017)

music critic, journalist, poet, music publicist, literary critic

  • University of Queensland

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The life and crimes of Agatha Christie
Verdi
W.H. Auden
The Dictionary of composers
Wagner and his world
Giving it away
Schubert and his Vienna
The dictionary of the opera
The dictionary of opera
The Dictionary of composers
Ned Kelly
The life and crimes of Agatha Christie
The Dictionary of composers
A-Z of classical music
W. H. Auden
Spider's web [adaptation]
Black Coffee [adaptation]
The unexpected guest [adaptation]
The unexpected guest
The complete operas of Verdi
The bel canto operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
The complete operas of Richard Strauss
The complete operas of Puccini
The complete operas of Richard Wagner
The complete operas of Mozart
Spider's web [adaptation]
The opera lover's companion
Rigoletto
The opera house album
Kafka
Murder In Three Stages
An Anthology of Poems for Shakespeare
How to Enjoy Opera
Spider's web
Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
The importance of being earnest
The unexpected guest
The world theatre of Wagner
The Complete Operas of Mozart
The bel canto operas
Classic Favourite Poems
The concert song companion
The Complete Operas of Verdi
Australian stories of today
The Complete Operas of Mozart
Klemperer stories
Charles Osborne's Theatricals
The Complete Operas of Verdi
The Complete Operas of Wagner
The Collins Book of Best-loved Verse
Max Oldaker
Favourite love poems
Favourite Love Poems
Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
The Collins Book of Best-Loved Verse
New poems 1973
New stories
Essential Practice Tests CAE with Answer Key
Works (Problem at Polynesia Bay and Other Stories / Spider's Web / Three Blind Mice and Other Stories)
The Pink Danube
Blithe spirit
Letter to W.H. Auden and other poems 1941-1984
Letter to W.H. Auden and other poems, 1941-1981
Kafka
Klemperer Stories
Swansong
Swansong
Richard Wagner and His World
Dictionary of Composers
Otto Klemperer
Tales of London's old theatres
Klemperer Stories
First Nights, Second Thoughts
Adolfo Albertazzi
Adolfo Albertazzi (1865-1924)

literary critic

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Il Carducci in professione d'uomo
Ugo Foscolo
Romanzieri e romanzi del cinquecento e del seicento
Parvenze e sembianze ..
Il romanzo
Vecchie storie d'amore
In faccia al destino
Il diavolo nell'ampolla
Top
Lorenzo Stecchetti, Mercutio - Sbolenfi - Bepi
Top
In faccia al destino
Novelle italiane di ogni secolo
Lorenzo Stecchetti, Mercutio - Sbolenfi - Bepi
Novelle umoristiche
Il diavolo nell'ampolla
Novelle italiane de ogni secolo
L' ave
Novelle umoristiche di Adolfo Albertazzi ...
Novelle umoristiche
Novelle umoristiche